Woven fabric.



No. 793,524. I f PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. H. D. HEWETT.

WOVEN FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11. 1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY D. HEWETT, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED SILKMANUFACTURING (30., OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODEISLAND.

WOVEN FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,524, dated June 27,1905.

Application filed June 11, 1904. Serial No. 212,203.

To (all 11/71/0111, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY D. I-IEWETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at 39 Charles street,Providence, in the county of Providenceand State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements inWoven Fabrics, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved woven fabric with woven tucks, and it ischaracterized particularly by a woven backing which prevents the tucksfrom drawing or pulling out. The tucks produced are as strong orstronger than those made from flat cloth, and the fabric is particularlysuitable for dressmaking.

The fabric is in the main one-ply; but the warp-threads are divided intothree sets. In the body of the fabric these three sets all take the sameweft; but at the tucks one set is looped and takes the weft of the tuckand the second and third sets are divided to each take separateweft-threads, forming under the tucks a two-ply fabric or backing, whichprevents the tucks from drawing or pulling out, and after passing thetuck all the sets of warp-threads are merged into one-ply.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the fabric.Fig. 2 is a sectional diagram greatly enlarged. Fig. 3 is a diagram inplan, the tuck being indicated as cut off on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, three sets of warp-threads areindicated, respectively, at a, I), and c, and the weft-threads areindicated by the numerals 1 to 21 for the purpose ofillustration. Thetuck is indicated at D, and theweft-threads of the tuck are indicated at(Z. The body A of the fabric is indicated in the diagrammatic viewtaking the weft-threads 1 to A and 16 to 21, said body being formed inthe ordinary manner. The warp-threads a form a backing under the tuck.The warpthreads 0 are looped to form the tuck, and the warp-threads bare woven with the threads 0 to form a rib or binding layer O at thefoot of the tuck. In producing the tuck and the rib referred to theproper loom mechanism is employed, and the warp-threads are firstseparated into two sheds, one being formed by the warp-threads a,producing the backing, and the other by threads 6 and c, producing therib referred to. The two latter sets of threads are further separated,and the threads 0 are looped to produce the tuck, the weft (Z beingwoven therein. The warp-threads a and the Weft woven therein produce acontinuous woven fabric throughout the length of the piece of goods and,in connection with the warp-threads 7), serve to sustain whateverpressure or weight may be applied to the goods without danger ofdrawing, the woven por' tion producing the rib referred to and formed bythe warp-threads Z) and c, and the weftthreads (indicated at 5, 7, 9,11, 13, and 15) also assist in preventing the drawing of the tuckthreadsby providing a woven portion between the foot of the tuck and the bodyof the fabric, affording two layers or a two-ply fabric, whicheffectively prevents any drawing of the threads forming the tuck andalso adds greatly to the ornamental features of the cloth. Byappropriate loom mechanism the tucks and the spaces therebetween can bemade any width desired and can be woven in What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tucked woven fabric having part of its Warp-threads looped to formthe tuck, and having two continuous woven plies extending under the tuckand one ply between the tucks. 2. A tucked woven fabric having threesets of warp-threads woven into one ply between tucks, one set of whichthreads are looped to and a tuck formed by looping one of the said formthe tuck, and the other sets of which are facing sets.

separated to form two continuous plies eX- In testimony whereofIhavesignedmy name tending across under the tuck. to this specification inthe presence of two sub- 5 3. A Woven tucked fabric the body of whichscribing Witnesses.

is one ply between tucks, having three sets of v Warp-threads which areseparated adjacent the HARRY HEW tuck to form two plies each of whichhas weft- Witnesses: threads, and of which the facing has two setsOHARLEs H. WAITZ, 10 of said warp-threads and the backing one set, PAULNEWMAN.

